Summary

The “pirates” pull Jack and Early on board the barge. They tow the Maine behind them. When it gets dark Jack wants to make a run for it but one of the pirates have them haul some barrels of gun power onto a truck. Early finds the leader of the pirates, MacScott, up the hill at the Bear Knuckle Inn. Early tells him that they want their boat so they can be on their way. MacScott informs the boys that the Maine is now his boat.

Early asks him if he had seen the bear he read about in the paper. MacScott had seen the bear up close. MacScott has a scar-lined face and is missing an eye. MacScott claims the big bear mauled him. But he was able to kill her cub and took out the mama bear’s left eye. He...